A couple of weeks ago I wrote about yet another breach at a law firm. This time the firm was Appleby, a law firm based in Bermuda and home to the rich and famous – especially those that are looking for tax shelters and the similar. Most of these tax shelters are legal but the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New York already has one of the toughest cyber security regulations in the country, but it only applies to financial services firms like banks, mortgage companies and investment advisors. After the Equifax breach, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed that they add credit reporting agencies to the list of companies covered by the New York […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]WHAT. COULD. GO. WRONG??????????????????? Amazon is offering you a new feature; you can ask Alexa what you credit score is. Actually, it is not as bad as it sounds. But it doesn’t seem like the most secure thing ever. First, it is not really Amazon who is answering that question, it is Experian. Alexa has […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this week Merck said that the NotPetya is going to cost them and the numbers are staggering. In last Friday’s earnings call Merck said that NotPetya has impacted third quarter results to the tune of around $300 million. That includes $135 million in lost sales and $175 million in costs. But that is not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Does your organization allow thumb drives? Do you use them at home? What do you store on them? What follows could be called nightmare on Main Street. A private citizen found a thumb drive (AKA flash drive or memory stick) and did what any smart cyber security aware person would do. He took it to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Consumers have been wrestling for years now about access to their personal data. There are many non-bank financial products such as Mint and WalletGyde that help consumers manage their money, but it has always been a fight between the banks and these companies (of which there are at least hundreds, maybe more). As a group, […]
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